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"Pluralism and development : Studies in access to property in Africa, comprises a collection of papers presented at a conference held at the University of Cape Town in 2010."

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Access to property in Africa : an introductory survey / Thomas Bennett & Hanri Mostert -- Absolute ownership and legal pluralism in Roman law : two arguments / Helen Scott -- Legal pluralism in Africa : the implications of state recognition of customary laws illustrated from the field of land law / Gordon Woodman -- Legal pluralism and access to land in Nigeria / Enyinna Nwauche -- The changing dynamics of customary land tenure : women's access to and control over land in Botswana / Anne Griffiths -- Taking the gap : "living law land grabbing" in the context of customary succession laws in Southern Africa / Chuma Himonga -- Securing women's property inheritance in the context of plurality : negotiations of law and authority in Mbunzini customary courts and beyond / Sindiso Mnisi Weeks -- Contested power and apartheid tribal boundaries : the implications of "living customary law" for indigenous accountability mechanisms / Aninka Claasens -- Lost in translation : family title in Fingo Village, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape / Rosalie Kingwill -- Land information as a tool for effective land administration and development / Gerrit Pienaar -- Legal pluralism : the investor's view / Johann Schiller -- Promises of future performance and informal-sector transfers of personal property : the example of anglophone Cameroon / Claire Moore Dickerson -- Indigenous-law land rights : constitutional imperatives and proprietary paradoxes / Anne Pope.